Merrily Weisbord

Merrily Weisbord is a Canadian literary non-fiction writer, documentary screenwriter and broadcaster. Her 2010 book ''The Love Queen of Malabar'', a memoir of her longtime friendship with the late Indian writer Kamala Das, was a finalist for the 2010 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction, the QWF Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-fiction, and the Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction. Her other books include ''Dogs with Jobs'', ''The Valour and the Horror'' (coauthored with Merilyn Simonds), ''Our Future Selves: Love, Life, Sex and Aging'' and ''The Strangest Dream''. Provided by Wikipedia